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Originally Posted by Sasquachulator
I honestly have no idea how anyone can think this car "cannot keep up with traffic" unless said traffic comprises of nothing but cars with over 300 hp and using all 300 horses on a daily basis at all times.
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Agree! The BRZ/86 certainly is no muscle car, but I also wonder about the 'can't keep up with traffic' comments'. Is their 'traffic' on a quarter mile drag strip? Maybe the Nurburgring (though I think the car would acquit itself quite well on a road course)? Or are they the usual internet experts that have never actually driven the car themselves?
I'll admit to having been unduly influenced by the chorus of 'no power!' comments that kept me from considering the car for the first few years it was out. My wife encouraged me to drive one. Over the process of buying her Crosstrek, she gently pushed me into sitting in one on the showroom floor, and then taking it out for a test drive.
My first reaction on the road was, what the hell were all those people whining about? This car is a
blast!
It's not the kind of car to rev the engine at stoplights and challenge Camaro owners to a sprint to the next light, but I've never once felt in 'danger' or that I couldn't keep up with any traffic I've found on any roads in the northeast.
YMMV.